Background
Johnston, Alva was born on August 1, 1888 in Sacramento. Son of Alfred John and Luella (Buckminster) Johnston.
Johnston, Alva was born on August 1, 1888 in Sacramento. Son of Alfred John and Luella (Buckminster) Johnston.
Educated Sacramento (California) High School.
He started out at the Sacramento Bee in 1906. From 1912 to 1928 he wrote for The New York Times, from 1928 to 1932 for the New York Herald Tribune, and then he wrote articles for The Saturday Evening Post and The New Yorker magazines. He died on November 23, 1950 in Bronxville, New New York
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Astronomical Society of Pacific. Club: National Press.
Married Evelyn Colgan, April. Children: Elizabeth, Margaret (Mistress Norman West. Erlandson).